would be great to see those two get selected, even as part of the bench. Unfortunately I cant see anyonme from the Nix being selected. The squad will be dominated by Sydney, City and Victory players. I'd guess that even CCM and WU players will; get overlooked.
The ALW GF is the 4th/5th of May. Depending on when their contracts end, a number of top players might have already headed overseas to play. So there might be a few surprises.
Can anyone very kindly send me a link for pre sale tickets for the Newcastles games? Planning to head over but can’t lock anything in without knowing I can actually go to the games!
I've noticed on the voting website it doesn't seem to have a limit on the amount of votes one person can submit...
So if anyone has a day off (say, Easter weekend) and has nothing better to do you could theoretically spend hours voting for 11 Nix players for the men's and women's voting non-stop.
*Fan voting does not guarantee player selection into the A-Leagues All Stars squads. Coaching staff will take into consideration players with highest fan votes, with the decision on the final squad made by coaches and the APL Commissioner. The A-League All Stars Women squad will consist of 19 players and be subject to injury and availability. The initial A-League All Stars Men squad will consist of 23-26 players, with a final squad of 18-20 players subject to injury, availability and participation in the 2024 Isuzu UTE A-League Men’s Grand Final.
So you could vote for OVH a billion times, just means the coach selected has to consider him but doesn't have to actually pick him.
For the A-League All Stars Men, the electrifying pair of Nestory Irankunda and Daniel Penha have been named as the first two squad members as voted by fans.
The A-League All Stars Women has sent out a statement of intent to Arsenal FC Women with the announcement of Melbourne Victory’s Alex Chidiac and Melbourne City’s Hannah Wilkinson as two founding players of the first-ever All Stars Women squad.
The FA is doing all it can to piss clubs off currently.
Why shouldn't clubs be allowed to go overseas to play friendlies - it brings in revenue and expands their brands which has private entities they should be able to do.
I'd imagine this would come under a restriction of trade or similar law infringement.
It's a situation likely exacerbated by the upcoming Euros. If they weren't being played this year it's likely we wouldn't have heard of such a proposal until they next rolled around.
I can see where they're coming from on player workload and welfare though. But these are big clubs, and there's nothing to stop them from sending a lot of reserves/youngsters interspersed with a few more recognisable and established names.